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The result was delete. Daniel ( talk) 00:18, 20 September 2021 (UTC) reply

Jack E. Robinson III

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Perennial candidate fails WP:NPOL. No lasting impact or coverage. KidAdSPEAK 23:36, 12 September 2021 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 23:47, 12 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 23:47, 12 September 2021 (UTC) reply
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 02:22, 13 September 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Delete: The fact that there his death was announced in the Boston Globe, and there are some scant other non-routine sources that do provide WP:SIGCOV make it close, but I think it still fails WP:GNG; some newspaper sources may exist (my newspapers.com subscription is in the process of renewal so I can't check) , but as of right now, no dice. Also, searches are further hampered because his grandfather, who has the same name, was apparently a local bigshot back in the day. Curbon7 ( talk) 05:54, 13 September 2021 (UTC) reply
    • Also looking at the previous AfD from 2008, those really were different times. Curbon7 ( talk) 05:57, 13 September 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Delete. People do not get articles just for running as candidates in elections they did not win, but this features neither a credible claim that he had preexisting notability for other reasons besides the candidacy nor sufficient sourcing to deem his candidacies more special than everybody else's candidacies. Bearcat ( talk) 18:56, 17 September 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Delete, fails WP:NPOL and I can't see any indication that he passes WP:GNG. Suonii180 ( talk) 22:48, 18 September 2021 (UTC) reply
  • Comment: His candidacy for the 2000 United States Senate election in Massachusetts certainly appears sufficiently special - WP, NYT, TAL Economist - to a level where redirection and capsule coverage there would be reasonable. I don't see reviews sufficient to meet WP:AUTHOR. ~ Hydronium~Hydroxide~ (Talk)~ 03:20, 19 September 2021 (UTC) reply
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